Young is having a company here in Wichita convert his 1959 Lincoln Continental convertible to all-electric.
"You know, I thought long ago you could change the world by writing songs," he said. "But you can't change the world by writing songs. Oh, you can inspire a few people, get some of them to change their thinking about something. But you can't change the world by writing songs.
"But we could change it with this car."